1. Memento, Domine, congregationis tuae, quam possedisti ab
initio. Remember, Lord this Congregation which you have possessed from all
eternity. You have made it your own from the beginning, ab initio, when your mind
dwelt on it before time began. You made it your own from the beginning, ab initio,
when you held it in your hand as you created the world out of nothing. You made it
your own when you took it to your heart while your dear Son, dying on the cross, bedewed
it with his blood, consecrated it by his death and entrusted it to his holy Mother's
keeping.

2. Give free rein, then, O Lord, to your merciful intent
and raise up men of your right hand whom you revealed through the prophetic insight of
some of your greatest servants - Francis of Paola, Vincent Ferrer, Catherine of Sienna and
so many others during the last century and even in our day.

3. MEMENTO. Ever keep this Congregation in mind, Almighty God,
and, by the power of your right arm which has lost nothing of its strength, make it a
living reality and lead it to perfection. Innova signa, immuta mirabilia, sentiamus
adjutorium brachii tui: Great God, who can change lifeless stones into sons of
Abraham, say but one word and it will be enough to send good workers to gather in your
harvest, and missionaries worthy of the name to work in your Church.

4. MEMENTO. God of all goodness, remember your mercy of times
past, and, in that same mercy, be ever mindful of this Congregation. Remember the
promises you made to us, time and again, through your prophets and through your divine
Son, that you would grant our just petitions.

Remember also the prayers of your servants in past ages. May their
longings, their tearful pleadings, and the blood which they shed for your sake be ever in
your sight and become a powerful claim on your mercy. But above all, bear in mind
your dear Son: respice in faciem Christi tui. Look upon the face of your
anointed one. The agony he suffered, the shame he endured, the loving complaint he
uttered in the Garden of Olives: quae utilitas in sanguine meo, "Of what use is
my death to you?", his cruel death and the blood he shed, all these cry out to you
for mercy, so that, by this Congregation, his kingdom amy bring down the empire of his
enemies and rise upon its ruins.

5. MEMENTO. Be mindful, Lord, of your Congregation, when you come
to dispense your justice. Tempus faciendi, Domine, dissipaverunt legem tuam:
it is time to act, O Lord, they have rejected your law. It is indeed time to fulfil
your promise. Your divine commandments are broken, your Gospel is thrown aside,
torrents of iniquity flood the whole earth carrying away even your servants. The
whole land is desolate, ungodliness reigns supreme, your sanctuary is desecrated and the
abomination of desolation has even contaminated the holy place. God of Justice, God
of Vengeance, will you let everything, then, go the same way? Will everything come
to the same end as Sodom and Gomorrah? Will you never break your silence? Will
you tolerate all this for ever? Is it not true that your will must be done on earth
as it is in heaven? Is it not true that your kingdom must come? Did you not
give to some souls, dear to you, a vision of the future renewal of the Church? Are
not the Jews to be converted to the truth and is this not what the Church is waiting
for? All the blessed in heaven cry out for justice to be done: vindica, and
the faithful on earth join in with them and cry out: amen, veni, Domine, amen, come,
Lord. All creatures, even the most insensitive, lie groaning under the burden of
Babylon's countless sins and plead with you to come and renew all things: omnis
creatura ingemiscit, etc., the whole creation is groaning....

6. Lord Jesus, memento congregationis tuae: be mindful of your
Congregation. Give your mother this new company so that you may renew all things
through her and bring the era of grace to a close through Mary just as you began it
through her. Da Matri tuae liberos, alioquin moriar: to this end, increase the
number of those who call her Mother and serve her. If this is not to be so, let me
die.

Da Matri tuae: it is for your Mother's sake that I make this
request. It is she who gave you birth and nurtured you. Remembering this, how
can you refuse me? Remember whose Son you are, and grant my plea. Remember
what she means to you and what you mean to her, and fulfill my holy desires.

It is no personal favour that I ask, but something which concerns your
glory alone, something you can and, I make bold to say, you must grant since not only are
you true God having all power in heaven and on earth, but you are also the most dutiful of
sons with an infinite love for your Mother.

7. What, then, am I asking for? Liberos, men who are free, priests
who are free with the freedom that comes from you, detached from everything, without
father, mother, brothers, sisters or relatives and friends as the world and the flesh
understand them, without worldly possessions to encumber or distract them, and devoid of
all self-interest.

8. Liberos: men who are free but still in bondage to your love and
your will; men after your own heart who, without taint or impediment of self-love, will
carry out your will to the full and, like David of old, lay low all your enemies, with the
Cross for their staff and the Rosary for their sling: in baculo Cruce et in virga
Virgine.

9. Liberos: men as free as the clouds that sail high above the
earth, filled with the dew of heaven, and moving, without let or hindrance, according to
the inspiration of the Spirit. They are included among those whom the prophet had in
mind when he asked: qui sunt isti qui sicut nubes volant? Ubi erat impetus
spiritus illuc gradiebantur, What men are these who move like clouds in the sky, wherever
the Spirit leads them?

10. Liberos: free men. Men always available, always ready to
obey you when those in authority speak. Always with the words of Samuel on their
lips: praesto sum, here I am; always ready to be on the move and to suffer with you
and for you, just as the Apostles were: eamus et moriamur cum illo, let us go and
die along with him.

11. Liberos: true children of Mary whom she has conceived and
begotten by her love, nurtured and reared, upheld by her and enriched with her graces.

12. Liberos: true servants of the Blessed Virgin who, like a
Dominic of old, will range far and wide, with the holy Gospel issuing from their mouths
like a bright and burning flame, and the Rosary in their hands, and bay like your
watchdogs, burn like fire and dispel the darkness of the world like a sun. Their
inspiration will be their authentic devotion to Mary which will be interior and devoid of
all hypocrisy, exterior but not critical, prudent and well-informed, tender without
indifference, constant without fickleness, holy without presumption. In this way,
they will crush the head of the serpent wherever they go and ensure that the curse you
have laid upon it of old will be fulfilled to the letter: inimicitias ponam inter te
et mulierem, inter semen tuum et semen ipsius et ipsa conteret caput tuum, I will put
enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed and he shall bruise
your head.

13. True it is, indeed, great God, as you yourself have foretold, that
the devil will lie in wait to attack the heel of this mysterious woman, that is, the
little company of her children who will come towards the end of time. There will be
great enmity between the blessed posterity of Mary and the accursed issue of Satan, the
only enmity which you have instigated. The children of Belial will wage war against
the children of your blessed Mother and afflict them with persecutions which will have no
other outcome than to make more manifest, in a striking manner, the power of your grace,
their courage and virtue, and the reality of your Mother's authority. It cannot be
otherwise since, from the beginning of time, you have appointed this humble Virgin to
crush this proud spirit under her heel: Ipsa conteret caput tuum.

14. Alioquin moriar: otherwise, I would be better dead.
Would it not be better for me to be dead, Lord, than to see you offended daily so
deliberately and with such impunity and, daily, to stand, myself, in ever-increasing
danger of being swept away by the ever-swelling flood of iniquity? I would rather
die a thousand deaths than endure such a fate. Send me your help from heaven or let
me die.

Were it not for the hope that I have that, sooner or later, the
interests of your glory will prevail and that you will hear this poor sinner's prayer, as
you have heard so many others: iste pauper clamavit et Dominus exaudivit eum, I
would make mine the ultimate plea of your prophet: tolle animam meam, take away my
life. Yet, my trust in you is so great that I am inspired to cry out like another of
your prophets: non moriar sed vivam et narrabo opera Domini, I will live and
proclaim the Lord's mighty works. This I will do until the time comes when I can say
with Simeon: nunc dimittis servum tuum in pace, quia viderunt oculi mei, etc., now,
O Lord, you let your servant depart in peace because my eyes have seen your salvation.

15. MEMENTO. Holy Spirit, be ever mindful that it is you who, with
Mary as your faithful spouse, are to bring forth and fashion the children of God. In
her and with her, you brought forth the Head of the Church and, in the same way, you will
bring all his members into being. Within the Trinity, none of the divine persons is
begotten by you. Outside the Trinity, you are the begetter of all the children of
God. All the saints who have ever existed or will exist until the end of time, will
be the outcome of your love working through Mary.

16. The reign especially attributed to God the Father lasted until the
Flood and ended in a deluge of water. The reign of Jesus Christ ended in a deluge of
blood, but your reign, Spirit of the Father and the Son, is still unended and will come to
a close with a deluge of fire, love and justice.

17. When will it happen, this fiery deluge of pure love with which you
are to set the whole world ablaze and which is to come, so gently yet so forcefully, that
all nations, Moslems, idolaters and even Jews, will be caught up in its flames and be
converted? Non est qui se abscondat a calore ejus. Accendatur: none can
shield himself from the heat it gives, so let its flames rise. Rather let this
divine fire which Jesus Christ came to bring on earth be enkindled before the
all-consuming fire of your anger comes down and reduces the whole world to ashes.
Emitte Spiritum tuum et creabuntur et renovabis faciem terrae: when you breathe your
Spirit into them, they are restored and the face of the earth is renewed. Send this
all-consuming Spirit upon the earth to create priests who burn with this same fire and
whose ministry will renew the face of the earth and reform your Church.

18. Memento Congregationis tuae: it is to be a congregation, a
gathering, a selection, a picked handful of predestined men to be chosen by you from among
those who are in the world: Ego elegi vos de mundo, I have chosen you from amidst
the world.

You are to select from all these fierce wolves a flock of peaceful
sheep; from all these ugly crows, a flight of pure doves and royal eagles; from all these
buzzing hornets, a swarm of honey-bees; from all these slow-moving tortoises, a herd of
nimble deer; from all these timid hares, a pride of bold lions.

Lord, congrega nos de nationibus, gather us in from everynation.
Bring us together and unite us and may all the glory be given to your holy and mighty
name!

19. You revealed the coming of this noble company to one of your
prophets who concealed the secret of this revelation under the cloak of obscure but
divinely inspired words:

20. What is meant, Lord, by this abundant rain that you have stored up
for your languishing heritage, if not these holy missionaries, Mary's children, whom you
are to gather together and set apart from the rest of men for the good of your Church, at
present so weakened and besmirched by the crimes of her children?

21. And who are these creatures and these poor folk who will dwell in
the heritage you have given them and there feed on the divine sweetness you have prepared
for them? They are none other than the poor missionaries, entirely dependent on
Providence, who will feast to their heart's content on the spiritual delights you provide
for them. They are none other than those mysterious animals described by Ezechiel
who will have the kindly nature of a man - witness their selfless and beneficent love of
their neighbour; the face and boldness of a lion - witness their holy anger, their burning
and prudent zeal against the devil and the children of Babylon; the strength of an ox -
witness their apostolic labours and their self-mortification; the soaring flight of an
eagle - witness the height of their contemplation. Such will be the missionaries you
have in mind for your Church. They will look kindly on their fellow-men, fearlessly
on your enemies, impartially on themselves and, when they look on you, they will be
carried away in contemplation.

22. These followers of the Apostles will preach with great power and
effect. So powerful will their impact be that they will stir the minds and hearts of
all who hear them. It is to them that you will give your word - dabit verbum; the
very words of your own mouth and wisdom: dabo vobis os et sapientiam cui non
poterunt resistere omnes adversarii vestri, and none of their enemies will be able to
withstand them.

23. It is among these men so dear to you, that you, Holy Spirit, as the
greatest gift that Jesus Christ, the beloved Son, has made to men, will be pleased to
dwell since, in all the missions they undertake, their sole aim will be to give glory to
you for the spoils they have won from your enemies: Rex virtutum dilecti dilecti et
speciei domus dividere spolia.

24. The silver wings of the dove will be theirs because of their total
dependence on Providence and their devotion to Mary; inter medios cleros pennae columbae
deargentatae, they shall be covered with silver like the wings of a dove, by the purity of
the doctrine they teach and their irreproachable life; et posteriora dorsi ejus in pallore
auri, for them the silvered pinions of the dove will be the perfect love they have for
their neighbour which enables them to bear with his shortcomings, and their great love for
Jesus Christ which enables them to carry his cross.

25. You alone, King of heaven and King of Kings, will set these
men apart like kings and make them purer than the snows on Zalmon, the mountain of God,
where all good things grow in abundance, this strong and compact mountain where God
delights to dwell, and dwell forever.

Lord, God of truth, who is symbolised by this mysterious mountain of
which so many marvels are told, if not Mary, your beloved spouse, whose beginnings are
established on the heights: Fundamenta ejus in montibus sanctis. Mons in
vertice montium, where all other mountains end.

Blessed, a thousandfold blessed, are those priests whom you have chosen
with such care to dwell with you on this divine mountain of all delights. There they
will become kings for eternity by their contempt of the world and their nearness to God,
and purer than snow by their union with Mary, your beautiful, pure and immaculate
spouse. They will be enriched by the dew of heaven above and the fat of the earth
beneath, and all the blessings of time and eternity which Mary possesses in such abundance
will be theirs.

From the summit of this mountain, they will, like Moses of old, address
their ardent prayers to heaven, turning them into the weapons which will overcome or
convert their enemies.

This is the mountain on which Jesus Christ, who dwells there forever,
will teach them in his own words the meaning of the eight beatitudes.

It is on this mountain that they will be transfigured as he was on Mount
Thabor; that they will die with him as he died on Calvary, and from it, they will ascend
to heaven as he did from the Mount of Olives.

26. Memento Congregationis tuae. Tuae: Be mindful of this,
your Congregation, for it is you alone who must, by your grace, make it a living
reality. If man is the first to put his hand to the work, nothing will come of
it. If he contributes anything of his own to what you are doing, the entire
undertaking will be warped and come down in ruins.

Tuae Congregationis: your own Congregation. Opus tuum fac,
it is your work, great God. Make your divine purpose a reality. Muster your
chosen men from every corner of your dominions. Call them and gather them
together. Mobilise them and make of them an army to fight against your enemies.

27. Look, Lord God of hosts, the captains of war are forming companies,
each with its full complement of soldiers; and potentates have recruited vast
armies. The ship-owners have whole fleets at their disposal, and the merchants are
thronging to the markets and fairs. What a motley assembly of ungodly men!
Thieves, drunkards and profligates gather together every day under the flimsiest pretexts
in order to oppose you! Blow a whistle, beat a drum, show the blunt point of a
sword, promise a withered laurel branch as a reward, offer a piece of gold or silver; in
short, a whiff of fame, a worthless reward, a vile beastly pleasure, and, in the twinkling
of an eye, along come the thieves, soldiers rally by battalions, and merchants flock
together. Gambling dens and market places are crammed full and the whole of land and
sea is covered with an innumerable multitude of reprobates. These people, although
at variance among themselves for reasons of distance, temperament or personal interest,
are nevertheless all unanimously resolved to wage war to the death against you, under the
banner and leadership of the devil.

28. How is it, then, great God, that although it is so glorious, so
satisfying and so profitable to serve you, hardly anyone will support your cause?
Scarcely one soldier lines up under your standard. Scarcely anyone fired with zeal
for your glory will stand up and cry out, like St. Michael in the midst of his
fellow-angels: Quis ut Deus? Who is like to God? Let me then raise the
cry of alarm: "The House of God is on fire! Souls are perishing in the
flames! The sanctuary itself is ablaze! Help! Help! Good people! Help our
brother who is being murdered. Help our children who are being massacred. Help
our kind father who is being done to death!"

29. Qui Domini est jungatur mihi: if anyone has the Lord's cause
at heart, let him stand side by side with me. Let all those worthy priests who are
to be found throughout the world, those still in the fight and those who have withdrawn to
deserts and secluded places, let them, I say, come and join us. In unity there is
strength. With the cross as our standard, let us form a strongly disciplined army
drawn up in lines of battle. Let us make a concerted attack on the enemies of God
who have already sounded the call to arms: sonuerunt, frenduerunt, fremuerunt,
multiplicati sunt. Dirumpamus vincula eorum et projiciamus a nobis jugum
ipsorum. Qui habitat in caelis irridebit eos. They have sounded the alarm,
vented their anger and become a mighty army. Let us break their bonds asunder and
throw away their yoke. He who dwells in heaven will laugh them to scorn.

Let the Lord arise and let his enemies be scattered. Arise,
Lord. Why is it you appear to be like one asleep? Arise in your might, your
mercy and your justice and create this bodyguard of hand-picked men who will protect your
house, defend your glory and save the souls that are yours. Thus, there will be but
one sheepfold and one shepherd, and all will make your temple resound with their praise of
your glory: et in templo ejus omnes dicent gloriam. Amen.